CA e-cycle event

Mike Vernon, of Fayette County, was the first person in line at the recent e-cycle event held at The Commercial Appeal.

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Bartlett resident Anita Buzbee (left) gets help from CA Director of Marketing, Paul Jewell and 5R processor staff members Ken Olesiak and Tom Siler to unload her donations. Buzbee brought a load of computers, fax machines, power supplies and printers.

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Midtowner Patricia Gray grought one of the more unique items seen at the recent e-cycle event at The CA - - a Quadra. It is an early 1990s computer, that she says she has been trying to find a responsible way to get rid of for almost 20 years.

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Christine Donhardt, senior planner for the Office of Sustainability for Memphis and Shelby County, helped receive donated items at the e-cycle event.

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Donna Mim, a systems administrator for Delta Materials, brought a full car load of items from her company to the ecycle event. Tom Siler, of 5R processors helps her unload PCs, monitors, printers and a television.

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The front parking lot of The Commercial Appeal steadily filled with discarded electronics during the recent e-cycle event. In all, the items filled six semi-tractor trailers.

Mountains of electronic refuse covered the front parking lot of The Commercial Appeal as the public dropped off their discarded electronics at the e-cycle event, the first green signature event of the newspaper.

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Approximately six tractor trailer loads of electronic equipment was collected today at the e-cycle event held at The Commercial Appeal.

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Pedestrians are dwarfed by the more than six 18-wheeler loads of electronic equipment that was collected at the e-cycle event held at The Commercial Appeal.

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Individuals, as well as businesses, brought in tons of discarded electronic equipment for the e-cycle event held at The Commercial Appeal. Nick Gant drops off a computer.

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There was a steady stream of cars pulling into the front parking lot of The Commercial Appeal as more than 220,000 pounds of discarded electronic equipment was collected at the e-cycle event held April 20 at The Commercial Appeal.

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Barbara and Henk van Riessen brought their own little helper to assist at the e-cycle event. After driving more than two and a half hours from Cleveland, MS, their daughter Cassie, 4, was so excited to help unload their horse trailer that brought 25 PCs, printers, fax machines, servers, keyboards, and monitors to the event.

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Barbara and Henk van Riessen brought their own little helper to assist at the e-cycle event. After driving more than two and a half hours from Cleveland, MS, their daughter Cassie, 4, was so excited to help unload their horse trailer that brought 25 PCs, printers, fax machines, servers, keyboards, and monitors to the event.

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David Boyd, Tom McDaniel and Paul Jewell, all employees of The Commercial Appeal, receive donated electronics for recycling. The public was encouraged to drop off their old electronics in the parking lot in front of The Commercial Appeal building.